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COMBINED SHDVEL AND TONGS,

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TO ALL WHOM ITWMY CONGE-RN:

Be itl known that l, HENRY` O. SISCO, of"Indianapolis, in theeonnty of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented a. new and useful Combined Sbovelnnd Tongs;- and I do hereb'sr declare that the following is af'ull, clear, and exact deser'iption thereof, reference lbeing had to the accompanying drawing making part of' this specification.

This invention relates to the mode of combining a shoveland tongs in one implement, and 'consists in` making the shovel-handle andlblade serve es one leg of the tongs, while the other vieg is'lkethe ordinary tongs, andis hinged to the shovel-handle near the upper end,fl.eaving s'icient projection above -the joint for a. handheld. A spring between thehandles serves to keepthe shovelfblade and lower end of the tongs-legr together, and also to'hold any article that maybe taken up by the implement. 1

The drawing is a perspeetiveview oi the implement. l

The following description-will enable-skilled artisarisito make and use my invention y A is the blade o f the shovel, and B the handle. I C isa single leg of a. tongs, and is hung' on al lug prolieeting from the upper side ofl the shovel-handle,` as, show-n. The upper ends of the shovel-handle'end to leg are flattened and 'mede broad, toform a good hemd-hold. A spring, D, is riveted to the sh'ovebhendle above thejoint, andservesto keep the ,shovel-blade and lower end of the to`ngs-leg together, and also to-hold any article that `may b e taken 11phy the implement.- i

"The mode oi' using theimplementis too obvious to require other`deseription than to say that'it is used for any-ofthe various purposes that either a shovel or tongs is used, and in much the same manner.

A merked advantageof combining the two in 'the manner hereshown cons to beoome so loose inthe joint as that the legs will ever slip past eachother, es tongs frequently do, making them. useless i'or holding 'any object, and in the greater safety, a-s well as convenience, in carryingfire-brands from the stove oi one apartment to another, as itcombines the safety of the, broadshovel-,blade with the gripe ists in the freedom from liability of the tongs.

Havingrthus fully described [ny-invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- The shovel and' tongs combined in one implement, provided with the spring D, substantially as set forth.

HENRY C. SISCO.

Witnesses: g

0. F. MAYHEM' SsPHEN COLLINS. 

